A few handy words for speaking "futebol"

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — To impress friends with your knowledge of futebol, here's a few words and phrases Brazilians use to discuss their jogo bonito, the beautiful game:

Fominha — player who selfishly keeps or hogs ball. Derived from verb for hunger.

Frango — embarrassingly easy ball goalkeeper shouldn't have let in. Derived from word for chicken, idea being that ball was as elusive as a running chicken. A bad goalkeeper is a "frangueiro," roughly meaning "chicken taker."

Gol de placa — extraordinarily beautiful goal.

Fregues — meaning customer, applied to teams that keep coming back for another beating. They're good customers.